Donald Brittain Filmes

  • 1958
    Setting Fires for Science

    Setting Fires for Science

    Setting Fires for Science

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    This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway....

    Setting Fires for Science
  • 1974
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

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    This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...

    King of the Hill
  • 1974
    Thunderbirds in China

    Thunderbirds in China

    Thunderbirds in China

    01974HD

    In this documentary, the members of the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds hockey team travel to China to demonstrate their skills to the...

    Thunderbirds in China
  • 1975
    Whistling Smith

    Whistling Smith

    Whistling Smith

    6.41975HD

    This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the...

    Whistling Smith
  • 1979
    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

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    Through rare film footage and interviews with some of the pioneers who made film history, this documentary traces the history of filmmaking in Canada...

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?
  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

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    This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

    Never a Backward Step
  • 1968
    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    01968HD

    In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...

    Juggernaut
  • 1966
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    7.21966HD

    A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
  • 1976
    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal

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    This feature documentary is a fascinating and spirited portrait of the life and times of the legendary Quebec politician and four-time mayor of...

    His Worship, Mr. Montréal
  • 1975
    Arctic IV

    Arctic IV

    Arctic IV

    01975HD

    This feature-length documentary offers a glimpse at the unknown world that lies beneath the Arctic ice. Arctic IV follows Dr. Joseph MacInnis, a...

    Arctic IV
  • 1971
    The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    4.31971HD

    In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with...

    The Apprentice
  • 1973
    Grierson

    Grierson

    Grierson

    6.51973HD

    A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

    Grierson
  • 1966
    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    A Trip Down Memory Lane

    5.91966HD

    A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty...

    A Trip Down Memory Lane
  • 1986
    Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame

    Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame

    Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame

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    This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party,...

    Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
  • 1975
    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    01975HD

    This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...

    Scoggie
  • 1978
    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    01978HD

    Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
  • 1978
    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    01978HD

    In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...

    The Dionne Quintuplets
  • 1966
    Helicopter Canada

    Helicopter Canada

    Helicopter Canada

    6.41966HD

    A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country....

    Helicopter Canada
  • 1977
    Henry Ford's America

    Henry Ford's America

    Henry Ford's America

    01977HD

    This feature documentary studies the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the Ford dynasty, from the...

    Henry Ford's America
  • 1961
    Everybody's Prejudiced

    Everybody's Prejudiced

    Everybody's Prejudiced

    01961HD

    Examples of prejudice that can be seen everyday

    Everybody's Prejudiced